Donald Trump wants to claw back clean energy funding
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 24, 2025. The Trump administration sent a memo instructing…
Spotify says that streaming has made the world ‘value music’
Spotify wants to see 1 billion people paying for streaming music, double the more than 500 million customers who currently subscribe to Spotify and its competitors. In Spotify’s view, artists…
Climate change made the Los Angeles wildfires more likely
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 9: A view of flames at the mountain as seen from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Topanga, Los Angeles, California, United States on January…
The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
Meta is making sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, including abandoning third-party fact-checks in favor of X’s crowd-sourced “Community Notes” approach and loosening restrictions on topics like immigration and…
FCC chair says landlords can force bulk internet service on residents
The Federal Communications Commission is eliminating a Biden administration proposal that would have curbed apartment landlords’ ability to force residents into paying for a single internet service provider. As reported…
Boom’s supersonic test plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 test plane broke the sound barrier three times during its twelfth test flight. Ten months after its long-delayed first subsonic flight took place last March, Boom Supersonic’s…
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners bares its fangs in latest trailer
It initially seemed like Warner Bros. wanted to keep some of Ryan Goodler’s new gothic horror Sinners shrouded in mystery, but the movie’s latest trailer spells out exactly what’s going…
PowerSchool starts sending breach notifications, but there are still questions left to answer
Education software platform PowerSchool has started sending breach notifications to victims of a December 2024 cyberattack, but has yet to share how many people were affected or what exactly happened,…
Google Play will now verify VPNs that prioritize privacy and safety
Google Play will now display verification badges on approved VPNs as a way to “highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety,” the company announced on Tuesday. The new badge…
Waymo is letting you tip — but there’s a catch
A security researcher who lives in San Francisco discovered an unreleased feature in Waymo’s app that allows customers to tip for their robotaxi rides. Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher…
